Re: TALGO tilt trains

[krel4203@netconnect.com.au (Krel )]

On Thu, 17 Dec 1998 21:56:33 +0800, "David & Jan Winter"
<winterd@icenet.com.au> wrote:

>David B, David J and others:
>
>Any reason you know why Talgo gauge change technology couldn't be used in
>Australia?
>
Cost?

>Looking at Mt Gambier and other sites isolated by the AD-MEL sg conversion -
>any chancde of a
>simplified version getting up for freight?
>
The cost of a special fleet of gauge-convertable freaight vehicles
would prevent this. A cheaper option would be straight container
transfer as is done at Acacia Ridge for freight between Mel/Syd and
FNQ and at Melbourne for freight between BHP Hastings and the rest of
the country.

What really needs to happen is for the Federal Government to fund
gauge conversion as an upgrade of the rail highway. 

Cheers

Krel


Just another eccentric crank.